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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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